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Governments and policymakers are enablers of innovation and sustainable growth. Find the latest research on how gender diversity contributes to innovation and get actionable guidance on increasing the share of girls' and women's participation in STEM.

Women, STEM and the Green Just Future

Women, STEM and Green Just Future

Investing for gender equality and inclusive climate action

The UNDP-OECD cross-regional dialogue on "Investing for Gender Equality and Inclusive Climate Action" recently gathered over 250 attendees from parliaments, governments, the private sector, and international organizations from around 40 countries to Istanbul, Türkiye.

Policy Brief: Strengthening ASEAN women’s participation in STEM

Women in the ASEAN region are currently concentrated in sectors such as services that require little or no ICT skills. To improve women’s labor force participation and ensure the region is equipped for an increasingly digitally driven economy, governments must equip women with digital literacy and ICT capacity and skills so that women are not left behind.

Girls’ Digital Literacy in the East Asia and Pacific Region

This report provides a snapshot of adolescent girls' digital literacy across the East Asia and Pacific region with a special focus on Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Timor-Leste and Viet Nam. Digital literacy is critical to participation in today’s world and by the year 2030, up to 80 per cent of jobs in Southeast Asia will require basic digital literacy and applied information and communication technology (ICT) skills. In 2022, an estimated 73 per cent of youth aged 15–24 years in the Asia Pacific region used the internet but use and digital competences vary by gender across the region.

Girls and STEM: How can we support girls in ASEAN to enter STEM careers?

It is important that both girls and boys feel empowered to pursue STEM careers and have access to channels that prepare them to do so. Society at large needs to recognize that both girls and boys have important contributions to make to STEM in our world. Both girls and boys have the same capacity to succeed in STEM subjects and should have the same opportunities to pursue a STEM career.

Breaking the Green Ceiling: Women Entrepreneurship in the ASEAN Green Economy

The green transformation has become one the biggest challenges of our time. Green entrepreneurship has emerged as a critical solution for addressing environmental degradation and promoting sustainable development in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region. Promoting gender equality in green entrepreneurship is crucial for sustainable development in ASEAN.

Bridging the Gender Gap: Amplifying Women's Leadership in Fintech and STEM

Boosting female participation in digital and financial technologies through science, technology, engineering, and math education will help overcome gender biases in the workforce and business environment of Asia and the Pacific.

Women Can Lead the Pacific’s Power Transition

In the Pacific, an area highly vulnerable to climate change, a significant transformation is underway in the energy sector. This change encompasses advancing towards a climate- aware energy industry and challenging and reshaping existing gender norms in the energy workforce.